Thursday, January 26, 2017

Everyone at work was complaining about these persons. It's the end of the month and they're out to issue tickets to people who haven't realized that there is now a 'no turn on red' sign at the corner. I gave them a hateful glare as I drove past, and they saw it.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

I love driving down Marshall Main Street and seeing these old power lines that form a part of the town's character. It's sad to think they'll be torn down in a few months as part of ensuring that Marshall looks like every other small town in the vicinity. Yes, that was a rant.

Saturday, January 14, 2017

This smiley sign greets everyone that enters Marshall from the south. I always love seeing it and will be sad the day it's taken down for the inevitable development that will take place on this space in the future.

Saturday, January 7, 2017

Our urbexing crew met up in DC tonight to use our $50 vouchers we all earned at the Snallygaster Beer Festival that we all worked at. Here, Rob is showing me his manual version of the phone app called Untapped, an app for recording reviews on beers.

Thursday, January 5, 2017

I got home to find a sprinkling of snow on the hill and more forecast for the night, so after getting the fire blazing I knocked up a quick meal. While other folks pop pills and sip syrups to keep a cold away I thought I would do it the natural way. It was delicious! Recipe below:

Tuna and Chickpea Chilli

In a large saucepan dump a can of diced tomatoes, can black beans, can chick peas, small can sliced black olives . Add bag of frozen chopped spinach and bag of frozen broccoli florets. Add small jar of sun dried tomatoes, small jar of roasted peppers, small jar of capers and a can of tuna. A good shake of turmeric, ground ginger, cumin, ground pepper and salt, chilli flakes and chopped clove of garlic.

1 tbsp of Deep green chili pickle( found in Indian food aisle) is optional but adds heat. Yum! Add a cup or so of water and cook for about 30 mins, stirring occasionally.

While this is simmering, cook half a packet of pasta in a separate pan and add to chilli once cooked.

I'm sure a glass of red wine added to this would be awesome too but I'm on a diet and wanted to enjoy mine from the glass rather than in the soup. Being on a diet is also the reason I didn't sauté an onion first.

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Apparently the fairies came to work while we were on vacation. The production room was spotless, machinery cleaned, cobwebs banished from the ceiling and the floor freshly painted. It looked wonderful!

Monday, January 2, 2017

I had to rearrange some books on my shelves to make room for this collection of Dickens books that MJ and Martin very kindly have me. They have pride of place and I'm excited to read the stories I have got to yet.